A young child was looking at the bright noonday sky one morning when she asked her older brother where the stars went in the daytime. He patiently explained that they didn't go anywhere during the day, but were simply hidden by the sun's light until night. If he expected this to placate her, he was disappointed, as she demanded to see this for herself. But the boy explained that there was no way to prove to her that they were there from Earth since the sun's light hid them during the day. We could only see them at night.

The night sky is our world. The sun is God's love, compassion, grace, mercy, and faithfulness. Each little star in the night sky is an act of love, hope, faith, or perseverance from someone on Earth. If God was in our world constantly, we would never experience hurt or fear or pain. But we would never experience triumph, or hope in ourselves and each other. We would never know the abilities God has given us, and we might not even ever use them. In short, we would never know our own strength through God.